Choosing the Right Prescription Sunglasses: Protect Your Eyes from the Sun

Prescription sunglasses are just as important as your floppy beach hat and sharp new swimming suit. It’s time to move past the drug store sunglasses to trendy and sophisticated eyewear from Eye 1st Vision Center in Sandy Springs, Georgia that protects your eyes from the sun while helping you see your best.

Why Prescription Sunglasses?

You need two things from a pair of sunglasses: protection from the UV rays of the sun and the ability to see out of them. While you can buy sunglasses at almost any store these days, they don’t all do these two things.

Prescription sunglasses fitted by your Sandy Springs optometrist are specially created for your eyes. The optical specialists make tinted lenses with your prescription. They also coat them with to protect your eyes.

What are the Benefits of UV Sunglasses?

UV rays from the sun can damage your eyes. One bright day at the beach can burn the corneas and lens causing temporary harm like photokeratitis. Over time, though, the effects can lead to permanent eye problems such as:

• Cataracts
• Macular degeneration
• Pterygium

The only way to protect your eyes and see clearly at the same time is with prescription sunglasses from your optometrist.

Types of Lens Available

You’ll find there are a variety of lens options available when you go to the optical store in Sandy Springs to choose your sunglasses. For example:

• Broad-spectrum coverage — This means the lenses protect against both UVA and UVB rays. Ideally, they will block 99 percent of ultraviolet rays.
• Impact-resistant - Perfect for anyone that participates in sports.
• Polarized - They reflect glare from water or windows.
• Photochromic - The tint on the lens changes automatically based on the light. If you are in the shade, they will get lighter to improve your vision and if you stand in the sun, they darken to protect your eyes.
• Gradient - Shaded darker on the top or bottom. Prescription sunglasses with top single shade gradient lenses are good for anyone the drives a lot in the sun.

It takes an expert like the optometrists at Eye 1st Vision Center in Sandy Springs, Georgia to help you find the right prescription sunglasses. Give us a call today to make an appointment.